New York A 6881: Relates to requiring incarcerated individual sexual harassment complaints made against department employees to be investigated by the attorney general

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A06881 Summary:

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Requires incarcerated individual sexual harassment complaints made against department employees to be investigated by the attorney general; makes the findings and recommendations of the attorney general final and binding on the part of the department.

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03/18/2025referred to correction

01/07/2026referred to correction

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 6881

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 18, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Correction

 AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to the investigation of
 sexual harassment complaints made by incarcerated individuals

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Section 139 of the correction law is amended by adding a
 2 new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
 3 7. Notwithstanding any other provision of law or rule to the contrary,
 4 any grievance made by an individual in the custody of the department
 5 alleging sexual harassment by an employee of the department shall be
 6 investigated by the attorney general. The findings and recommendations
 7 of the attorney general shall be final and the department shall take the
 8 necessary and required actions to implement such findings and recommen-
 9 dations.
 10 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 11 it shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10538-01-5

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